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ISLAMABAD
(Bytes for All for APCNews) - A video showing President Asif Ali
Zardari losing his temper in a public speech was recently censored in
Pakistan. Bytes for All and its members vehemently condemn the
Government's block on YouTube and considers it yet another attack on
civil liberties and free speech in the country. More
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CALGARY (LC
for APC) - In India’s rural e-governance initiative, 33% of local
government seats are reserved for women. Rural village heads of
Chhattisgarh State – one of India's poorest-- can now participate in
the public process and in theory remotely communicate the needs of
their villages through the use of a low-cost computer that does not
require computer literacy. But women are not taking the active roles
that were expected. Using GEM, APC's gender evaluation methodology, Dr.
Anupama Saxena and her team are finding out why winning an electoral
seat does not necessarily guarantee that your voice is heard within the
governance system if you are a woman. More
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CUERNAVACA
(ES for APC WNSP) - From 25 November to 10 December late last year, the
message came across loud and clear – whether it was via audiocast in
Malaysia, chat relay in Brazil, protest march in Second Life,
song-writing in Pakistan, calendars in Argentina, tweets in Mexico,
posters in cybercafes in the Congo, or a mural on the streets of Soweto
in South Africa. In over a dozen languages and through all platforms
and medium both online and off, people took control of technology to
end violence against women during the Take Back the Tech! campaign.
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NIGERIA (GenARDIS for
APC) - In Nigeria, a small
radio association is using theatre to teach rural populations practical
skills like how to how to obtain small loans, and also discusses issues
related to gender inequality. Thanks to a small grant by the Gender and
Agriculture in the Information Society (GenARDIS) initiative, the
project called Majalisar Mata Manoma has come a long way from being a
simple radio programme. It is about meeting spaces for women farmers,
connecting radio and mobile phones too.
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